After leaving gay Pari' behind and picking up our Citroens' we began the drive to sunny Southern France and the Dordogne region for a week long stay in the little medieval town of Beynac-et-Cazenac.
Arriving at this town was a pretty incredible sight, perched at the very top of a steep cliff face is a looming 12th century Castle, with the 'old town' houses clinging to the base and side of the cliff for protection. The drive up the narrow medieval "road" that snakes up the cliff and where our house was proved a tight challenge, but eventually overcome. The house we stayed in was the old post office for the town (many tourists either still thought it was the post office or thought it was a public historic site and kept trying to peek over the gate or just plain walk in which was a bit awkward), it was a beautiful old building and had an incredible view over the Dordogne river below us. In the photos below it is the house with pale blue shutters, in the 8th and 9th photos.
We spent most days exploring the region on scenic drives to check out the many Château's, Castles, troglodyte (prehistoric) man caves, and little towns on offer, stopping for the ubiquitous French picnic lunch of meat and cheese on baguette most days. Was very relaxing just sitting on our patio watching the hot air balloons take off over the river as the sun went down, eating cheese and having a drink, and is now definitely a favourite spot of ours.
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